Who Knew? An Inside Look at Cameron Jurgens’ Life

Growing up each kid is told how much hard the next level of education is, but as I look back I realize that it is harder but you don’t stress out any more than you did the previous year. I think back to my freshman year finals and how much I freaked out over them and compare that to now and I actually stress out less now that I am older. Throughout the years my different classes have taught be how to pick my battles, if Figgs’ chemistry class I learned that homework, even if it doesn’t count as very many points, is good to do that way you are more prepared for the test. Then, in calculus and honors trigonometry I learned a contradictory lesson that is equally as important, sometimes it is ok to take an F on an assignment if you have something that could potentially be more destructive to another grade. This is where picking your battles comes into play. A person can’t become stressed if they don’t know something on a test or assignment, they need to take a step back and decide whether or not the pros are worth the cons of stressing out over that one question or assignment. If the cons outweigh the pros then that person needs to skip it and come back to it if they have time. This technique is the number one technique I use as soon as I start feeling stressed.

My best subjects are math and science, so the fact that I have completed/almost completed some fairly high leveled language arts classes is quite the achievement for me. I was never that kid that could write for days; writing was always a struggle of mine and it takes me twice as long to write the same amount as someone else. My writing quality was never that great either, but my craving for my father’s approval has pushed me to take the hardest classes. This has paid off, bec...

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...would become an officer for one of the Navy’s nuclear propelled submarines. I would then finish my twenty years of service, receive my retirement checks, and find a nice, comfortable engineering job and live out the rest of my life. However, this path is extremely difficult so I have constructed a plan B if things do not turn out the way I want them too. Plan B starts out similar; I attend K-State for mechanical engineering, but after I graduate I will just take the test to get my professional engineering license and try to get a job at Burns and McDonnell. I have chosen Burns and Mac because they have been awarded number one place to work in KC and are twentieth on the lists of one of the best companies to work for in the country. After I work with them for five years in KC, I would ask to be transferred to their Colorado Branch and continue living my life there.